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Once upon a time, oil and gas production facilities were small, simple, similar, and inexpensive. Back in those times, SPE was focused mainly on the reservoir. Things have changed dramatically. There has never been a better time to be a facilities engineer.

In this study, software that is capable of modeling fully transient multiphase flow in wellbore and pipeline has been used to characterize the fluid-hammer effects of well shut-in and startup on the coupled subsurface and surface systems.

The time for the annual selection of SPE’s Distinguished Lecturers (DLs) is coming soon. If you are unfamiliar with the DL program or have not explored it in depth, consider learning more as the selection process for the 2015–2016 lecture season begins on 1 February 2014.

This issue features four papers, three of which deal with flowline- and pipeline-related issues. The fourth paper deals with the use of the ALARP (as low as reasonably possible) principle for evaluating environmental risks and impacts of produced water discharged to the sea.

Mitchell's legacy proving up the Barnett shale established him as the "Father of the Shale Gas Revolution."

In North America, unconventional oil and gas* represents the largest energy discontinuity of the past few decades.

Alternative approaches and new deployment strategies are being developed to manage water used for fracturing oil and gas wells.

The SPE Offshore Europe 2013 conference held in Aberdeen in September examined current and future challenges the North Sea will face in the coming years.

Early in its development, the Cline shale was hyped as the next Eagle Ford or Bakken with more oil and gas than they have combined.

Hydraulic fracturing has drawn intense interest inside and outside the industry, but far less attention has been given to what will happen in the decades of production to come.